{"id":4133,"date":"2017-05-23T20:01:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T00:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/?p=4133"},"modified":"2017-05-23T22:58:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T02:58:17","slug":"the-meaning-of-ragnarok-k003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/archives\/4133","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Meaning Of&#8230; Ragnarok&#8221; (k003)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4135\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003a.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003a-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003a-768x693.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003a-1024x924.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003a-624x563.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Meaning Of&#8230; Ragnarok\u201d is a 5-page Jack Kirby story that appeared\u00a0as a back-up in\u00a0THOR #127 [1966], part of a 49-part series of &#8220;Tales of Asgard&#8221; that were published in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY and THOR from 1963 to 1967. \u00a0It was inked by Vincent Colletta.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4134 alignright\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003-768x1140.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/k003-624x927.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/a>In the previous year, Odin had sent Thor and his fellow Asgardians were sent on a mission to find the source of a threat to Asgard which could bring about Ragnarok, the end of days. In this issue they&#8217;re summoned back to Asgard to witness the first half of a prophecy by the priestess Volla of what will happen in Ragnarok, from the endless storm to in-fighting and invasion, the destruction of the Rainbow Bridge and the ultimate battle of Thor and Loki, all just prelude to the emergence of the Midgard Serpent.<\/p>\n<p>This is some pretty spectacular stuff, and it&#8217;s remarkable to think it&#8217;s just a prelude to the even more imaginative stuff in the next chapter.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.comics.org\/issue\/19990\/#147583<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Meaning Of&#8230; Ragnarok\u201d is a 5-page Jack Kirby story that appeared\u00a0as a back-up in\u00a0THOR #127 [1966], part of a 49-part series of &#8220;Tales of Asgard&#8221; that were published in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY and THOR from 1963 to 1967. \u00a0It was inked by Vincent Colletta. 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